File extension
Hmm. Normally I don't post these things, but I've not seen anyone else with this result:
Which File Extension are You?
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Ig Nobel Prizes 2004
Each year, ten Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded. The selection criterion is simple. The prizes are for "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." Examine that phrase carefully. It covers a lot of ground. It says nothing as to whether a thing is good or bad, commendable
Life, the universe, and socks
Double-posting late at night: cheap.
Immediate comments from a friend: wonderful!
Phoning the friend and talking for the first time in too long: priceless!
Sea-mailed almost all the UK Christmas presents bar one yesterday. Mr Bristow, yours will arrive ridiculously early because it got a plane ride instead of the
NaNoWriMo utilities
Hubby put together a page detailing the NaNoWriMo utilities he's written. They are free to use, but if they suck too much of our bandwidth, they'll be taken offline.
Telephone archaeology
I'd really like to know who used to have my home phone number. Someone's trying to make a collect call to us from the Orange County Jail in California. They've called twice now and I have no idea who they are. I have no
Random round up
The end is nigh, I'm working on the toe of Sehlat's second sock. It will be done before NaNo, two months late but still before Christmas. I love making socks, I just wish I could do it faster than two months a pair. I have three
NaNoWriMo progress graph
So here's the deal with my NaNoWriMo progress graph. Hubby wrote it for me. It's a Java Servlet and it DOES use up our bandwidth, which we pay for. Hubby is an amazingly good Java programmer which is why it's so cool. These are
Woot!
Security under the skin. This is a NaNoWriMo plot device waiting to happen!
A US company has been given the green light to implant microchips in humans. It's intended to provide medical information ... but will it turn into a surveillance system? How would you like to have the
US Electoral system
Would someone please educate me on what the US "electoral college" is and what it does? I'm confused. In the UK it's different. You vote for your local chap, and whichever party gets the most local chaps elected gets to play Government for four
Why?
I like America, I really do, but this country does one thing that drives me batty and I cannot figure it out.
Why do you coat the rutabaga (Swede) in wax?
Why? Why? Why?!
Of all the vegetables, only this one is subject to such indignity, and it makes them